biting English

Meaning biting meaning

What does biting mean?

Definitions in simple English

biting Adjective

— Something that is biting causes a stinging feeling. a biting wind

— Something that is biting is hurtful or sharp. a biting criticism

— Something that is biting tends to bite. a biting insect

biting

— adjective (= barbed, pungent) capable of wounding a barbed compliment a biting aphorism pungent satire

— adjective (= bitter) causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold bitter cold a biting wind

Synonyms biting synonyms

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sharp

caustic

pungent

stinging

sarcastic

mordant

keen

hard

piercing

hot

cutting

bitter

acrid

acid

trenchant

tart

severe

poignant

nipping

mordacious

acrimonious

pointed

intense

bite

barbed

acerbic

strong

strident

snappish

smart

shrill

scathing

incisive

grinding coarsely

frosty

erosive

corrosive

cannibalism

acidic

acerb

woundingly

waspish

vicious

very strong

venomous

thrillant

striking

stiff

splenetic

spiky

Topics biting topics

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States Quality Hot

Cold

• What words describe a wind that is cold?
  freezing bitter biting cutting raw

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Excited

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  exciting thrilling sensational sensation exhilarating heady dramatic nail biting action-packed

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Nervous

• What words describe something that causes someone to feel nervous?
  tense strained uneasy nail biting charged nerve-racking